Avenida Vicuña Mackenna (Vicuña Mackenna Avenue) is one of the main transport arteries of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
,
Chile
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, joining
Santiago center with more remote urban centers such as the
communes of
La Florida and
Puente Alto
Puente Alto (Spanish: "Tall Bridge") is a city and commune of Chile. It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and is located in the south-east corner of the Greater Santiago conurbation. Puente Alto has ...
.
Vicuña Mackenna Avenue begins at the intersection between the
Alameda, in
Plaza Italia, extending south towards the commune of
Puente Alto
Puente Alto (Spanish: "Tall Bridge") is a city and commune of Chile. It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and is located in the south-east corner of the Greater Santiago conurbation. Puente Alto has ...
, where its name changes to Avenida Concha y Toro. It crosses the communes of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
,
Providencia,
Ñuñoa
Ñuñoa (; from Mapudungun ''Ñuñohue'', "place of yellow flowers") is a communes of Chile, commune located in the Northeastern zone of Santiago, northeastern sector of Santiago de Chile, Santiago, the capital of Chile. Bordered by Providencia, C ...
,
San Joaquín,
Macul and
La Florida and intersects with the urban highway Autopista Vespucio Sur.
Vicuña Mackenna Avenue is currently covered by Line 5 of the
Santiago Metro
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up to
Vicente Valdés metro station, then by Line 4 up to Plaza de Puente Alto.
This road emerged from a project by Santiago mayor
Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna to build a perimeter road around Santiago called ''Camino de Cintura'' (literally “waistline road”).
Historia de las Calles
Providencia.cl. Retrieved 3 Jan 2012 Vicuña Mackenna's former residence is now the site of a museum dedicated to his memory.
Notable buildings
* Ex Embajada de Argentina en Chile
References
Streets in Chile
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